Mri report

[Edonia]

Hello and thank you for taking time to read this.  For six years I have been with a neurologist that has said i have possible MS. 1 lesion was found. After another mri that one had healed slightly. A year later it grew to 5mm in diameter on my right frontal lobe. two years later compared to prior exam. there appears to be interval development of a few more tiny foci of T2 hyperintensity withing the deep white matter of the cerebral hemispheres bilaterally. Largest focus seen in the posterior right frontal lobe at 5mm, spine was normal.

September 2009 Mri  very few tiny FLAIR signal abnormalities in the white matter of the supratentorial brain. CSF analysis could narrow the diffirential diagnosis if needed.

There is some signal inhomogeneity ( not sure what this means?) within the spinal cord at c7/T1 level on the left. While this may all be artifactual, underlying subtle true signal abnormality is difficult to entirely exclude, but there is no frank spinal cord lesion on this MRI.

sx's over last 6 years started with loss of feeling on L side of body arm and leg. Muscle spasticity, ankle clonus, hyper reflexes. Pain is constant, muscle twitching, memory issues calf pain, tremors, trouble urinating, sexual dysfunctions(NO FEELING) mood swings.etc....Was dx with fibro and unspecified CNS problem.  

I was wondering if i should i should try a LP again my last one was normal as were my Evoked Potentials. And could you please help me make sense of the MRI

He offered to start me on MS Meds but i was too scared to do that without a definite dx now i am not so sure?

Thank You.

[Edonia]

I am sorry you are in this boat with us and i hope you get some answers this time...

Today is just bad all the way around my legs hurt so bad even meds not helping I don't know how much longer i can handle this way of life...

Sorry don't mean to be so down but thanks for advice...

Edonia

[buriedinfur]

Wow. Well, I'm in the 'had several spots on the MRI but was told the weren't totally indicitive of ms/clean LP/clean evoked potentials' boat too. Have fibro, and 'some other thing' that they're unable to diagnose.

So at least you know you're not alone?

My symptoms started in 03 too. Is there any way that you can see an MS specialtist? Ask them what the disadvantages of taking one of the meds is to judge if you DO take it and it's NOT ms if it's going to be really bad for you?

It's a frusterating thing not knowing. Hope that you have some answers soon. :) I'm off to see the specialtist in a couple of weeks cause i've started walking all funky chicken again. The joys. LOL